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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

the farthest i've been to North of Iloilo is in Capiz that's because my grandmother is from Dao. the last time we traveled there was when i was still 9years old. so this trip from Iloilo to Caticlan will definitely be one memorable ride.after a day visiting the churches of Molo, Guimbal and Miagao in Iloilo and hanging out with Redlan (hosted our overnight stay at Century 21), Demoie and Wilman at Smallville, we have to take a short sleep as we travel to Caticlan by 6:00am. that means we will wake up 5:00am.during this travel, i'm not planning to sleep because i normally enjoy road trip views. specially if it's my first time to take that route. i have with me a map of Panay island to check out the towns we were passing. we crossed the different towns of Panay island's provinces Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan.i particularly like the part from Passi to Dao as you see sugar canes and rice fields on both sides. upon entering the town of Kalibo, we were immediately welcomed with the Ati-Atihan designed arc.from there we had a light lunch at the Kalibo terminal and continued our way to Caticlan. this trip will be less than an hour.the way from Kalibo to Caticlan was the best part as you'll be traveling on coastlines where you see hills on one side and scenic coastal view on the other side. it was like traveling to Baguio where instead one side is a view of Sibuyan sea.after 6hours and thirty minutes of travel, we finally arrived at the Caticlan Jetti Terminal which will then transport us to Boracay by boat. just a five-to-ten-minute ride to the island of Boracay.here's a time-by-time trip from Iloilo city to Caticlan Jetti Terminal:4:58am - check out at Century 21 Hotel Iloilo5:06am - arrived at Tanza terminal of Ceres Bus Lines6:00am - left Tanza terminal6:28am - first stop at Tagbak terminal in Jaro6:35am - left Tagbak terminal7:20am - second stop at Passi terminal passing by rough roads7:23am - left Passi terminal8:01am - third stop at Wen Mar bus stop allowed passengers to take breakfast8:16am - left Wen Mar bus stop11:40am arrived at Kalibo town central allowed for us to take lunch break11:48am - left Kalibo bus terminal12:33nn - arrived at Caticlan Jetti Terminal

The Philippines is soooo big and beautiful! You surely have a big time touring the country. Once I heard a pinoy saying that it can be more expensive to fly around the islands internally then going overseas!

>hi rayts, thanks! maybe because this post serves as my travel journal. so i keep it that way. travel was smooth though some parts are unpaved but having to travel with a good bus makes the trip still comfortable.

>sidney, i make it that way so that people will see how it is to travel and might as well love traveling.

>hi eunice, yes that's true because some areas like palawan are really expensive. what's good though is that filipinos learn to enjoy travel within its islands making us proud of our country. we're hoping to see you soon here.

Very nice information about your travel. The street scenes are interesting too. I hate long bus trip, I always have to wake up very early to catch the bus and then I cant sleep in the bus in the entire journey....lol. Cant wait to see more photos of your trip.

the ceres bus looks cool! it's great that we now have these buses, comfortable for long-distance travel, and cheaper i'm sure than driving your own vehicle. i haven't tried the iloilo-caticlan route, usually kalibo-caticlan lang. nice pics!

Good thing you were able to enjoy your trip, we just came from there, and by golly, it was not so good, i hate the 200 meters cemented road and another 2 mins comes the rocky road, kainis. we also rode the ceres liner, aircon, but by golly, it was not the same as here in gensan or in davao na pag aircon bus, they only stop at terminals to pick up passengers or have them unload, doon they have to stop at passengers waving at them for a stop. that's right, 6 hours plus of travel made me dizzy and my butt hurt. I had the kids pa naman with me, good thing we arrived safe din naman.

wow, what a well-documented trip! a very helpful post as well. =) will be going to boracay from iloilo this weekend, that's why i was looking up ceres bus on the net and i stumbled upon this post... just a question, though, how much is the bus fare for iloilo-caticlan? =) thanks in advance!

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